Literary Devices
This is the story line or the events of the story. Include exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.
What is plot?
The reason why an author writes a particular piece.
What is author's purpose?
Descriptive language that creates sensory impressions (5 senses)
What is imagery?
The statement that reveals what the article/essay is about; the lesson the author wants us to consider.
What is the thesis?
Groups of letters placed before a word to alter its meaning.
What is a prefix?
A topic of discussion or work; a major idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work.
What is theme?
The purpose of textbooks is generally to ___________ students about various subjects.
What is to teach?
The prevailing emotions or atmosphere of a work derived from literary devices such as dialogue and setting.
What is mood?
The author's central thought about a topic; the topic sentence of a paragraph.
What is main idea?
Groups of letters placed at the end of a word to alter its meaning.
What is a suffix?
The direct view of one character that uses words like "he", "she", or the character's name as the text's perspective.
What is third person perspective?
Articles with clear opinions, like editorials, are often mean to ___________ readers.
What is to persuade?
The following is an example of this type of figurative language: "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!"
What is hyperbole?
Statements that define, describe, or otherwise provide information about the topic, theme, or main idea.
What is supporting idea?
To give reasons through an explanation to convey and represent the meaning or understanding of a text.
What is to interpret?
The main character of a story, the one who faces the central conflict.
Who is the protagonist?
Short stories, novels, and plays are often written to ______ readers.
What is to entertain?
The the following is an example of what type of figurative language? "The sun smiled down on us that day."
What is personification?
Words and phrases in a sentence, paragraph, and/or whole text, which help readers determine the meaning of unfamiliar/unknown words.
What are context clues?
Drawing a specific conclusion based on what a specific part of the text says or implies.
What is an inference?
An author's choice of words, phrases, sentence structures and figurative language, which combine to help create meaning and tone.
What is diction?
Pamphlets and instructions are often meant to __________ readers.
What is to inform?
The following is an example of this type of figurative language: "The lovely library was filled with likable, learned ladies."
What is alliteration?
The author's method of structuring a text (i.e. sequence, cause-effect, question-answer, flashbacks, etc.).
What is text organization?
Drawing a broad conclusion about a topic from a part of a text or a whole text.
What is a generalization?